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Niki de St. Phalle Quotes

Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.

Niki de St. Phalle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sculptor
Nationality: french
Birth: October 29, 1930 - May 21, 2002

Topics

Work People Think Fantasy See Most

That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter, and I'm sort of reporting.

John Baldessari

Funny Me World Feel Uncomfortable

We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world.

Melissa McCarthy

World Friends Lovely Most Some

Britain is probably the most sophisticated combination of a monarchy and a democracy.

Democracy Monarchy Combination Most

It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin is, to avoid the corrupting of it, because there's very little work where the actual work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.

Work Comedy Doing You Reward Spirit

If you're truly serious about your physique and health, in totality, I think you need to pull out all stops. You need to really just hone in on that warrior within.

Health Think Warrior You Serious

As long as it's funny, there's no such thing as too far.

Funny Long Far Too Thing

I grew up in Mossel Bay in South Africa on the Garden Route. It's really windy there, and I like it. I enjoy links golf a lot.

Louis Oosthuizen

Golf Enjoy Garden Africa Up Route

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

Love Me Desert Nice Africa Heat

People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.

People Person Stream Over Something

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

Donald Rumsfeld

Work Decisions Be True True Tone

Everything I have done in the private sector has been through an ethics review point by point by point, and I have been given a clean bill of health by Ethics from the day I walked in the door, including my involvement with Innate Immunotherapeutics and my position on the board.

Health Day Ethics Door Done Clean

If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.

Wisdom Support Society Forward Think

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